Shadow Slave

Usually, it would have taken Kai a lot longer to fly across the city to reach the tranquil terrace district… not that he would have. But today, the famous idol neglected his habit of staying low and out of sight. It seemed that his speed increased tremendously, as well, because ten minutes later, he was already at Sunny's door.

Maybe because of that, there was no crowd of paparazzi following him.

As they waited for Cassie, Effie rummaged through the empty refrigerator, then walked away from it with a disappointed sigh.

"There's no food!"

Sunny, who was evaluating the damage the boisterous huntress had done to the guest bedroom, glanced at her darkly.

"We've been gone for months. What did you expect?"

Effie made a sad face, then shrugged.

"But I'm hungry!"

Sunny let out an exasperated breath.

"...I have some synthpaste, if you want."

She shuddered and opened her mouth to retort, but at that moment, there was a knock on the door. If not for the haughty shadow standing guard outside — reluctantly, of course, since mundane tasks such as this were grossly beneath it — Sunny would have tensed up.

However, he already knew that it was Cassie.

The blind girl walked inside, froze for a moment, then raised a deliciously smelling package.

"...I brought food."

a quick glance

has some

stare at the archer for

ridiculously charming, but after becoming a Master, his looks assumed an almost hypnotizing quality. It was

to a different degree. After studying Kai and Cassie for a bit, Sunny couldn't help but shake his head ruefully, a stunned expression on his face. He finally understood why Master Jet

felt wrong to put the word average in one sentence with someone like her. Jet possessed an intangible quality that no one he had ever met was able to match. The four of them

And Sunny himself?

even he couldn't call himself unassuming anymore.

threads of Weaver's forbidden legacy glowed with the

four of them settled around the

Nightmare, none of the four seemed too joyous… well, except for Effie, who couldn't stop grinning and stealing glances at her pristine, vigorous body. The huntress was

free, however, just

no matter how deep the wounds dealt to their souls cut. Now that the danger had passed and the members of the cohort were back in the real world, all those invisible scars

Red Colosseum, the nightmares, the assault on the Ivory City… all of it was slowly coming back to

their share of demons

of tea, looked at

remember much after

and stared at the archer with a stunned

You were swallowed

Kai smiled with embarrassment:

really. I just, sort of… jumped into his mouth. Because I didn't know

times, but didn't say anything. She even forgot about her food for a

down,

he had assumed that I would not trust anyone with the knives, I think. After you killed the dragon, there

grew quiet for a few moments, and then